Just Keep Swimming...

I've enrolled eight of the kids in swimming lessons - 2 weeks of 50 minute lessons every day at an indoor pool located within a local public middle school. They are having a blast - (except for JT who is grumpy about being put in the "C" team and wants to know why he can't win every day...sigh...you can take the kid out of the competition but you can't take the competition out of the kid.) Thanks to Grammy and Tata for helping to subsidize this great learning adventure too! JM and David are focusing their efforts on getting their faces wet and floating. JM's back float has gone from a perfect "V" shape on Monday to actually having his hair touch the water yesterday - now *that's* progress!! David has concocted a whole pool-full of sea creatures which he spends his down time blowing up complete with sound effects. The girls share a teacher with one other student and are working on various types of locomotion through water while the big boys are working on perfecting their crawl and butterfly strokes. I don't envy them that butterfly thing - never could get the hang of it myself. Philip, with his inherently noodly body, is actually able to best perform the proper undulations. They are all doing fantastic though and it puts my mind at ease a bit that they are getting the practice and skill I never had the opportunity to develop. Bonus points for getting eight kids involved in the same activity at the same time and place!!